hockeylover
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He says they have 6 deals so far. Consensus from all the MSM seems to be that four of them are TAM, NYI, CBJ, and ANA.
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Hawks too. So that's 5.
hockeylover
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Really? Hadn't heard about that one. To not take who?
Edit: I just checked and can't find anyone reputable saying this...?
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LeafGm
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The point of Chicago's deal was to dump salary.
I believe it's Marcus Krueger's, to be specific.
it's the kruger/tvr thing
Yeah McPhee said he's going to take a lot of d so he'll have to trade a shit load the next day.
So you can bet guys like Colin Miller, Matt dumba, Jason demers, etc may be available. Although maybe not demers.. unless Lou or a gm call and make an offer for them to take demers and ship him to Toronto. We'll see I suppose, but I think a guy like Colin Miller is more likely to be shipped since he'd be buried on Vegas.
hockeylover
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Thanks. Had to search around but apparently the rumour was from Frank Seravalli of TSN.
hockeylover
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Colin Miller makes some sense. Dubas connection.
He was mega sheltered so I don't put much stock in his nerd numbers. But he's skilled and can skate beautifully. As a last resort he's a good add. Low risk, would come cheap and has some serious talent. A Babcock kind of d for sure. But I'd aim higher of course.
Yeah that's the ultimate question with him. He's a big time question mark. I like his skillset and especially his skating more than those numbers though. A rhd with that package is worth taking a flyer on. Worst case he's a third pair d and pp specialist. Best case he's a legit top four possession driving rhd.
He reminds me a bit of Jake Gardiner earlier in his career. A rhd version. Makes some dumb mistakes but he can skate his way out of trouble more often than not. Jake is likely a better skater and better player overall but Miller has potential in a larger role than he's played thus far in his career.
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leafman101
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Miller is worth taking a chance on. At the very least he has earned an opportunity for a bigger role. He also has that big shot the Leafs are missing from the blueline.
hockeylover
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I see Vegas taking Marchessault too.
MyNameIsJonas
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Marchessault, MAF, and Dumba are the true locks for me.
BKerr
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26 years old, 700 K on the cap, and his shooting percentage while high, isn't insane 16.6%.
He is a heck of a flip too IMO.
Good player that comes cheap, no doubt. But he's not going to change a franchise or anything. 40-45 player moving forward imo.
Whereas Demers is a legit top four rhd locked in at a good price. I don't think it's close between the two, personally.
Artnes
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which one are you getting? If he reverts back to his pre Panthers production then you miss out on a sure asset like Demers